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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- ESCORT, the
migrant education and support program located at the SUNY College at
Oneonta, has been awarded a new contract of $200,092 from the Maine
Department of Education for services to be provided. Under the contract,
ESCORT will oversee and implement a short-term, systematic statewide effort
to recruit and identify eligible migrant children and youth in the State of
Maine.
ESCORT is a national resource center dedicated to improving the
educational opportunities for adults and children, with a focus on at-risk
students, especially English Language Learners, students with disabilities,
and highly mobile and migrant children. Recognized as leaders in addressing
many national education and programmatic issues, ESCORT conducts
professional and technical assistance activities for State Education
Agencies, Local Operating Agencies, and schools to help improve the academic
performance of their at-risk students. ESCORT also provides technical and
logistical support to the U.S. Office of Migrant Education on a wide variety
of interstate coordination activities.
In addition to providing services across the country, ESCORT staff are
engaged with SUNY Oneonta faculty on a variety of projects. ESCORT is
currently hosting an intern sponsored through the College's Office of
International Education.
More information about ESCORT and the new contract is available from Bob
Levy, ESCORT Project Director, at boblevy@escort.org or Kim Muller, Director
of Sponsored Programs at
SUNY Oneonta, at (607) 436-2479.
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